Burnett v. People

The evidence discloses that the plaintiff in error, Orville S. Burnett, whom we will refer to hereafter as defendant, a married man about twenty-eight years of age, living with his wife, was a practicing dentist, with an office in the city of Chicago; that he had resided there some two or three years, and that his family relation was pleasant. The deceased, Charlotte S. Nichol, was a married woman living with her husband and three children, residing about three blocks distant from defendant’s residence and place of business. About the third of September, 1901, defendant became acquainted with…